One year later, Izumi stood before the Konoha leadership, undergoing their scrutiny.
The Third Hokage and others reviewed Izumi's information and thought, "The Uchiha Clan has too many geniuses, but this one is not bad. She graduated three years early, hasn't awakened her Sharingan, specializes in Taijutsu, and is a girl. Her dream is to uphold the Will of Fire and become a Ninjutsu master like the Third Hokage. She has ambition, that's good."
The Third Hokage looked proudly at Danzo Shimura, then turned to Uchiha Izumi and asked her, "Your mother has already agreed, correct?"
Danzo Shimura felt his gaze. Knowing that he was feeling smug, he could only maintain his usual expression while seething inwardly.
Izumi nodded and said, "Yes, Hokage-sama, Mother has already agreed. She had previously communicated with my teacher."
The Third Hokage nodded and said, "Then it's settled. You truly are an excellent child. I approve your graduation. I hope you will dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to Konoha Ninja Village in the future."
Izumi immediately replied, "Yes, Hokage-sama, I will strive towards my dream and become a great Ninja like you!"
"Mm." The Third Hokage smiled, "Then you must work even harder!"
"Yes!"
After Izumi left, everyone fell silent. The Third Hokage smoked his pipe without a word.
Danzo Shimura knew he had to speak. He immediately said, "The Uchiha Clan has more and more excellent talents, but we have fewer and fewer Ninja in our new generation who can compare to them, Hiruzen, you must prepare early."
"Danzo, it's a good thing for the Village to have excellent talents. They are all part of Konoha, and we shouldn't view them with prejudice just because they are from the Uchiha Clan. They are still young."
Utatane Koharu, who was beside him, said, "That's right, and her father was also a civilian who died during the Nine-Tailed incident. If she were to learn that the Nine-Tailed was manipulated by the Uchiha, it might cause her to waver."
Homura Mitokado said, "That's right, and female Ninja generally work much less after getting married and having children. This Uchiha Izumi isn't terrifying enough to make us wary. She's just a child. In my opinion, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui are the ones we need to win over. These two will be important figures in our efforts to restrain the Uchiha Clan. Everything is still under our control."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff from his pipe and then said, "Mm, alright! Let's not talk about unrelated topics anymore. This is just an ordinary case of a young girl graduating early. So, this matter is settled. Let's see what kind of person she is from her future mission performance."
Danzo snorted coldly and continued to examine Izumi's information.
Izumi immediately left after receiving her forehead protector from the Ninja at the registration desk.
Izumi looked at the Konoha Ninja Village forehead protector in her hand, then put it on her head. Izumi looked in the mirror and found that it looked pretty good.
Her mother happily hugged Izumi and said, "That's great! Izumi, you're a Ninja now too! You must work hard and become an excellent and stronger Ninja!"
Izumi nodded and said, "Hehe, I will work hard."
Uchiha Hazuki nodded in satisfaction, then cautioned, "Be careful now that you're a Ninja, some missions are very dangerous."
"Ah, Mom, don't worry, I won't die." Izumi pointed to her eyes and said, "Look, my Sharingan already has three tomoe. The next evolution will be the Mangekyo Sharingan, right? This is proof of my strength."
Uchiha Hazuki looked at Izumi's crimson Sharingan and couldn't help but exclaim, "I've never seen anyone with three tomoe at nine years old. You truly are a genius."
Uchiha Hazuki looked at her daughter's three-tomoe Sharingan and smiled with relief, but the smile quickly faded, as if she was thinking about something.
The next day, Izumi arrived at the classroom. The classroom was full of graduating students, all waiting for their teacher.
Besides Izumi, there were two other students who had graduated a year early; the rest were graduates of the current class. The children were eagerly anticipating what kind of Ninja their teacher would be.
Students were led away one by one by their teachers, and soon, Izumi's teacher arrived as well.
A beautiful, short-haired female Ninja, about 1.6 meters tall, walked in and called out, "Hyuga Kazuhiro, Aburame Shitsuu, Uchiha Izumi, the three of you come here."
"This must be my teacher, and those two must be my future teammates, a Ninja from the Aburame Clan and a civilian Ninja, right?"
Izumi smiled and walked out of the classroom with them. She knew that a new Ninja life awaited her, and her life would become increasingly exciting and wonderful."
That evening, when Izumi pushed open the door and returned home, Uchiha Hazuki immediately ran over and asked, "How was it, Izumi, did you succeed...?"
Uchiha Hazuki looked at her daughter's somewhat off expression, coupled with her small mouth trying to hold back tears, and had a bad feeling.
Upon seeing her mother, the calm expression on Izumi's face could no longer be maintained and gradually twisted, as tears streamed down her eyes.
Perhaps because there were no outsiders, or perhaps because Uchiha Izumi was a child at the moment, or perhaps her emotions were naturally rich, or her self-esteem was strong, in any case...
"Waaah!" Uchiha Izumi burst into tears.
"Ah! What's wrong? Izumi!" Uchiha Hazuki saw her daughter cry for the first time. She frantically picked her up and comforted her, "What's wrong? Did you not pass the teacher's test?"
"It's too embarrassing! Waaah! I actually couldn't even pass this hurdle. It's too embarrassing! Waaah—" Izumi cried even harder.
Uchiha Hazuki frantically asked, "Ah? Why? There's no way you couldn't pass! You're clearly so amazing."
"I, we all passed the test, but then the teacher asked us to summarize and tell each other our shortcomings... then, those two brats started arguing, and then they even started fighting, and I couldn't stop them. She, no, that hateful woman, she declared all three of us unqualified! I clearly did nothing wrong, waaah! It's so humiliating! It's too humiliating! I've never been this humiliated before!" Uchiha Izumi cried even more sadly upon seeing her mother's worried expression.
She had never felt so humiliated. She actually cried over this, it was too embarrassing! But why couldn't she stop, tears kept flowing, and her pride couldn't stand against a single word of 'unqualified.' She truly was the most embarrassing Transmigrator!
Izumi felt immense sadness and anger: "Why was I eliminated when I didn't make a mistake? Is this what they call 'one person makes a mistake, and everyone else gets punished' in a team? Damn it! Why?"
Izumi thought of how Kakashi indeed had situations where if people in his team argued, they would all be disqualified, but she never expected it to happen to her.
In her previous life, she had always lived under rules, living honestly, but she constantly hit walls, while those who cheated and slacked off always lived better than her.
She had thought that after transmigrating, with a cheat, she could live freely and happily, but reality dealt her a harsh blow. Her proud strength and performance couldn't stand against a casual remark about lacking teamwork spirit, but she had tried to mediate! Why is it like this! Damn it!
The Uchiha Clan annihilation night was getting closer, and she still hadn't obtained reliable power to protect herself and her mother. She was extremely anxious.
The anger, resentment, and sadness from both her past and present lives erupted. Izumi cried loudly in her mother's arms, releasing everything.
Uchiha Hazuki's initially flustered expression became somewhat gentle. Her child hadn't relied on her like this for a long time, always doing her own thing, which made her very worried. But seeing her cry today, she instead felt a sense of relief, realizing that although her daughter acted very much like an adult, she was still just a child after all.
And, she didn't know why, but looking at her daughter made her particularly want to laugh.
She pursed her lips, then stroked her back and said, "Don't cry, we'll just try again next year."
"I! I..." Izumi looked at her mother and lowered her head in great shame.
"It's okay, you must stick to your path. A little setback is nothing. You are a genius, you must believe in yourself."
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